Located at the edge of Oakland's Chinatown, this affordable senior housing development transforms an abandoned brownfield site near a busy freeway into a community asset for disadvantaged and formerly homeless seniors, while setting a high standard for sustainable and universal design. ...
Merritt Crossing.pdf
The design of this CCRC was intended to bring the high standards of design, care, and service for seniors to the Kansai region of Japan. Creating a large yet integrated urban community in this redevelopment district - that was rapidly transitioning from industrial to residential use - was of...
Sun city.pdf
This new three-story assisted living building comprises 60 residential apartments, activity and recreational space, a rehabilitation center, and spa therapy and administrative spaces. #DesignforAgingKnowledgeCommunity #RLPSArchitects #AsburyPlace #BestPractices #SpecialProjects ...
XQN6D6Y3CLW-2_Asbury Place.pdf
In mid-2011, discussions began regarding how to improve the environment in a secure area of a care center servicing dementia residents. This wing includes two halls of resident rooms: one being part of the original 1983 build, the other an addition in 1994. In 2006, a renovation was completed...
The Friendship House.pdf
The Deupree House went from a standalone independent living apartment building with modest amenities to a state-of-the-art campus offering contemporary amenities, services, and nursing care. A new culture, rooted in resident choice and resident involvement in directing their care and daily lives...
The Deupree.pdf
The project is designed to work with the challenging site, leaving acres of wetlands and wooded areas untouched and capitalizing on buildable areas by locating the town center on the high ground of the tract, with patio homes filling in. #DesignforAgingKnowledgeCommunity #CaseStudies ...
The Village at Orchard Ridge.pdf
This project was borne from the desire of a group of Jehovah's Witnesses to create a senior living community based on the example of the Jehovah's witness homes in Great Britain. Thus began the process of designing the first Jehovah's Witness senior living homes in the United States: a pair of...
Legacy Place.pdf
After more than 100 years of providing skilled nursing services, the time had come for this senior care provider to reinvent itself to continue to meet its mission objectives and remain relevant in the marketplace. This project involved health care center renovations to support program...
The Village at Rockville.pdf
This is a virtual CCRC; it is also, in effect, a naturally encouraged retirement community. it is a collaboration between a for-profit developer and an architect who shared the same vision of the future of senior living. #DFAR12 #SpecialProjects #DFA #CaseStudies #BestPractices ...
Wormans Mill.pdf
Each pocket neighborhood comprises seven cottage homes overlooking an intimate courtyard setting to promote socialization through small-scale living. The result creates smaller, pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods within the larger community which capitalize on garden connections and outdoor...
Rose Villa.pdf